Going by the contract agreement, AsiaInfo was required to start delivering the machinery from six months of winning the contract.[break] However, it has not yet fulfilled its obligations even as eight months have already passed since NT signed the agreement with it.
AsiaInfo officials had met NT officials after it threatened to forfeit the lock-up money of Rs 750,000 in the last week of November but that meeting also yielded no result.
High level officials at NT said that the operator has decided to send a letter to AsiaInfo with the final deadline of 15 days to clarify over the delay.
“The recently held meeting has decided to make preparations to blacklist the company and also to forfeit the lock-up money,” the source said adding that sending of the letter is part of the formality to blacklist the company.
AsiaInfo officials had earlier clarified that they couldn´t comply with the contract agreement because the company encountered problems with companies that it partnered with for the project - HP and Oracle. However, the company again failed to respond properly after the November meeting.
NT had placed the order for the machinery as per its plan to start convergent billing system from the next year. Its introduction, which will link all the billing system of NT, is believed to make payment of bills easy and hassle-free.
Once the system is functional, NT customers can make payment for Internet, mobile, PSTN or any other services through a single bill and from any counter. At present, NT customers are compelled to visit different offices and counters for the payment of bills of different services.
The state-owned operator is investing Rs 2 billion to implement the plan.
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